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Targeted signal transduction therapies in myeloid malignancies.
Current oncology reports - 1 Nov 2010
Scott Emma, Hexner Elizabeth, Perl Alexander, Carroll Martin
Abstract excerpt
The myeloid malignancies include the myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) including chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). A growing body of evidence documents that these diseases are caused by genetic mutations that constitutively activate tyrosine kinases. They include the BCR/ABL in CML, the V617F JAK2 in Philadelphia chromosome-negative MPN, and the Flt3 ITD and TKD mutations in AML....
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